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Ff MOON.'

` Stove-Leg Fastener.

,1354. Patented May 24,1870.

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'ttited (giedre I FRANKMOON, or NEWBERRY COURT-HOUSE, SOUTH cAeoLntA.A

Letters Patent No. 103,354, dated May 24, 1870.

s'rovE-LEG FASTBNER.

l i Tlle Schedule referred to in these ,Letters Patent and making part of the same To all whom lit may concern l i Be itknowntbat 1, FRANK Mooreof Newberry Court- House, .in the district of Newberry and State of South Carolina, have invented a new and Improved Stoveleg Fastener; and do hereby-declare,that the following is aii'ull, clear, and exact description thereof, `which will -enable others skilled in the art to make 'and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying draw-4 ings formingpart of this specification. i This invention relatesto improvements in securing the legs to stoves, and consists in the application to :the leg of' a spring bolt, and in providing a socket in 'the underside of the bottom plate of the stove, so al-,

ranged that when the leg isshoved home inthe dovetail groove, the bolt will be thrown up into the socket, and prevent the leg from working ontot' the groove.

Afstem of the bolt projects down through the leg, to be` takenby the linger, to pull it out ot' the socket when the leg is to be raised.

Figure l is asectional elevation ot'a part ot' a leg and part; of `the bottom'plate of lthe stove.

Figure 2`is a section .oi' the same1 perpendicular' to the plane of `iig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding l A is the bottom plate of the stove.

B, the socket therein;

C is thestove-l'eg.

.D, a socket in it;4

E, a bolt, workiugin the socket and Flis a spring, arranged to'throw the bolt up into the socket B, when the leg is in position, and hold the bolt there until it is pulled down to release the leg,

by taking'hold of the small end projecting downward through the leg. v

This bolt will eiectua-lly prevent the leg fromworking loose while supporting the stove, therebyfprevent.- ing the stove from falling over, and endangering the house, as is now sometimes the case, when falling while containing re.

'lhis mode of iastenening is also applicableto stoves `now in use, which have a downward projecting flange at the edge of the bottom plate, behind which the bolt can engage, as well'as in the recess above described. The bolts may have square or other angular upper' ends, set eceentrically to `the axis, and so arlznged that the distance of each side of the square, from the center, will be different fromthe others,,so that, by adjusting the bolt axially, the side of the square which is the requisite distance from the axis to bear against the flange of the stove and hold the legs from workf ing out, may bebrought to bear on the ilange.

To prevent/.the bolts from turning, they should have f another square part fitting in a square hole in the leg,

when in position, but dropping down out of it, for turning and raising np again b v theaction of the spring.

Having thus described my invention, p Ilelaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 'llhe combination, with the bottom plate A and the leg G, provided with recesses, as described, of the holt Eiand Vspring F, substantially as specied.

FRANK MOON.

Withesses:

JAS. F. Grams', W. J. LAKE. 

